Michael J. Barratt

TL;DR: These preclinical findings provide evidence that gut microbiota immaturity is causally related to childhood undernutrition and reveal that specific beneficial microbes could potentially be exploited to resolve undernutrition syndromes.

TL;DR: Preclinical models indicate a causal, microbiota-dependent relationship between sialylated bovine milk oligosaccharides (S-BMO) and growth promotion in children with undernutrition.

TL;DR: Identifying ingredients in complementary foods, consumed during the transition from exclusive milk feeding to a fully weaned state, that increase the representation and expressed beneficial functions of growth-promoting bacterial taxa in the developing microbiota could provide an effective, affordable, culturally acceptable, and sustainable approach to treatment.

TL;DR: The results suggest that micronutrient imbalances should be considered from the perspective of both the human host and the gut microbiota they possess, and that retinol treatment affected B. vulgatus fitness through the activity of the bacterial AcrAB-TolC efflux system.